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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof..
It was the better part of a mile wide, but save for some fathoms in the middle, where the Sker current ran, it was no deeper even at flood than a horse's fetlocks.
Use fetlock when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fetlock means A joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof..
Common synonyms include ankle, fetlock joint.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It was the better part of a mile wide, but save for some fathoms in the middle, where the Sker current ran, it was no deeper even at flood than a horse's fetlocks.
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